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Once On This Island
6/1 - 6/30/2024


Once On This Island is a captivating musical based on the novel "My Love, My Love" and a vibrant reimagining of the Hans Christian Andersen ...


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Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Ford's Theatre


by Pamela Roberts - March 21, 2024

Horrors! Ford’s Little Shop disappoints. Little Shop of Horrors is a cult favorite with catchy score of rock and doo-wop tunes. But the latest version at Ford’s Theatre underwhelms. The fun has run out. ...

Cast and Creatives Set for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Ford's Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 08, 2024

Ford’s Theatre has revealed the cast and creative team of its production of Little Shop of Horrors. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets....

Photos: Take a Look Back at The Ford's Theatre Legacy Commissions: A First Look


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 31, 2024

Take a look back at the readings and talkbacks from The Ford's Theatre Legacy Commissions: A First Look, presented on January 26-27, 2024 at Ford's Theatre!...

Ford's Theatre to Present 'The Ford's Theatre Legacy Commissions: A First Look' & More


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 09, 2024

Ford’s Theatre will present The Ford’s Theatre Legacy Commissions: A First Look on January 26-27, 2024. Learn additional details!...

Ford's Theatre Charity Drive Donations For A CHRISTMAS CAROL Surpass $1 Million in Total


by Stephi Wild - December 28, 2023

Ford's Theatre Society announced that audiences, cast, crew and staff raised $66,403.18 on behalf of Hope and a Home during performances of this season's production of A Christmas Carol....

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS at Ford's Theatre


by Roger Catlin - November 25, 2023

Michael Wilson’s adaptation of “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas,” first staged in Houston but run for many years at Hartford Stage (where it has returned this season), has been a mainstay at the historic Fords since 2004....

Photos: First Look at A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Ford's Theatre


by Stephi Wild - November 20, 2023

A Christmas Carol comes to the Ford's Theatre, playing now through December 31. The play is by Charles Dickens, adapted by Michael Wilson, and directed by Michael Baron. Check out photos here!...

Review: SOMETHING MOVING: A MEDITATION ON MAYNARD at Ford's Theatre


by Roger Catlin - September 28, 2023

There may be no better town for political drama than Washington, and no theater more historically consequential than Ford’s Theatre, where Lincoln was assassinated 158 years ago....

Photos: First Look at Pearl Cleage's SOMETHING MOVING: A MEDITATION ON MAYNARD at Ford's Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 26, 2023

Get a first look at photos of Pearl Cleage's Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard at Ford's Theatre, and learn how to purchase tickets!...

Cast and Creatives Set For Pearl Cleage's SOMETHING MOVING: A MEDITATION ON MAYNARD at Ford's Theatre Society


by Stephi Wild - August 03, 2023

Ford's Theatre Director Paul R. Tetreault today announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Pearl Cleage's Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard, directed by Seema Sueko (Silent Sky)....

Past Shows

Guys & Dolls
3/12 - 5/22/2023


The slickest high rollers are in town, and they’re depending on Nathan Detroit to score a secret spot for their floating craps game. Throw in ...

One Destiny
2/8 - 6/13/2021


Ford's Theatre Society announced release of its free, on-demand video version of the popular stage play One Destiny by Richard Hellesen, directed by Mark Ramont. ...

Guys & Dolls
3/13 - 5/20/2020


Hailed as the perfect musical comedy, this award-winning classic gambles with luck and love under the bright lights of Broadway....

INTO THE WOODS
3/8 - 5/22/2019


What happens after Happily Ever After, after all? In Sondheim and Lapine’s beloved musical retelling of the Grimm classics, a parade of familiar folktale figures ...

RAGTIME
3/10 - 5/20/2017


Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Once on This Island, Seussical and Lucky Stiff), noted playwright Terrence McNally, and ...

CIVIL WAR
3/13 - 5/16/2015


Drawing on letters, diaries, firsthand accounts, and the words of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Walt Whitman, "The Civil War" is a thrilling, gut-wrenching and ...


Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that ...

VIOLET
1/24 - 2/23/2014


Set in 1964 in the Deep South during the early days of the Civil Rights Movement, VIOLET follows the growth and enlightenment of a bitter ...

1776
5/31 - 7/28/2013


American history blazes to vivid life in this unconventional Broadway hit. It's the summer of 1776 and the nation is ready to declare independence...if only ...

1776
3/9 - 5/19/2012


American history blazes to vivid life in this unconventional Broadway hit. It's the summer of 1776 and the nation is ready to declare independence...if only ...

PARADE
9/23 - 10/30/2011


The tragic, true story of the trial and lynching of a man wrongly accused of murder is brought to emotional and theatrical life by acclaimed ...

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